A19142:1293
A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D.…A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D.…
A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D. Burgess his rejoinder for D. Morton The first partA fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D. Burgesse his rejoinder for D. Morton The first part
Amsterdam: printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, 1633
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5. He saith, that natural fitness for signification, doeth hinder Institution. True: but fitness, with actual use for signifying of true love, doeth prevent an institution of the same signification: as the former signification of the word Love, doeth so hinder a new institution of the same word to signify Christian love, that it would make the Authors of such an institution, ridiculous, & idle.
5. He sayth, that naturall fitnesse for signification, doeth hinder Institution. True: but fitnesse, with actuall use for signifying of true love, doeth praevent an institution of the same signification: as the former signification of the word Love, doeth so hinder a new institution of the same word to signifie Christian love, that it would make the Authors of suche an institution, ridiculous, & idle.
6. He affirmeth, that the ordained seating of a Minister in an higher place, in way of Reverence to his Function, is ⟨p. 344⟩as Mystical a Ceremony, as the Cross in Baptism. Then (say I) a Mothers kissing of her froward child, in the Church to still it, in reverence to Preaching or Praying, is as Mystical a Ceremony, as the Kiss of Peace. And what need any other institution, then constant application of such gestures, by the Rejoinder his rule?
6. He affirmeth, that the ordeyned seating of a Minister in an higher place, in way of Reverence to his Function, is ⟨p. 344⟩as Mysticall a Ceremonie, as the Crosse in Baptisme. Then (say I) a Mothers kissing of her froward childe, in the Churche to still it, in reverence to Preaching or Praying, is as Mysticall a Ceremonie, as the Kisse of Peace. And what need any other institution, then constant application of suche gestures, by the Rejoynder his rule?